House Targaryen

House Targaryen escaped the Doom of Valyria by settling on Dragonstone before their homeland was destroyed
Aegon the Conqueror united six of the Seven Kingdoms with his dragons and founded the Iron Throne
The Targaryens ruled Westeros for nearly 300 years as its royal dynasty
The family was famous for riding dragons and preserving its Valyrian bloodline through marriages within the family
The Dance of the Dragons, a brutal civil war, devastated the house and led to the near extinction of dragons
The Targaryen dynasty ended when Robert Baratheon overthrew King Aerys II, known as the Mad King
Daenerys Targaryen became the last great claimant to the Iron Throne after hatching the first dragons seen in over a century